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In Memoriam
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In Memoriam (trope)
Leaves from the vine... Falling so slow....

"Since tonight is a celebration of the work and accomplishments of our community in this past year, it is only fitting then that we celebrate those we've lost, who've dedicated their lives to their crafts, both in front of and behind the camera. Through their immeasurable contributions, each of them left an individual and indelible mark that shared and informed us. They've touched our hearts, they've made us smile, and became dear friends, who we will always remain hopelessly devoted to."
— John Travolta, 2023 Academy Awardsnote 

Memorials to the dead are common in most human cultures. When the dead are connected with a TV show or movie, you'll sometimes see this: a final tribute to that person as part of the show.

For a true In Memoriam, there is a direct connection between dedicatee and the show, book or film being dedicated to their memory. There are a great number of books dedicated to the last astronauts of the space shuttle named Challenger or the emergency personnel who died when the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the city of New York in the state of New York collapsed. Unless the book is about them, those would fall under the larger Dedication trope.

It is a Celebrity Elegy when done through song or poetry for a famous person. For more musical examples, see Grief Song. Fanbases may turn to Death Fic. A Memorial Character is a character based on or named after a deceased person, as a way of immortalizing them.

This is related to Meaningful Funeral, which memorializes a character from the show. They can overlap when a show is based on Real Life. Needless to say, such memorials can become awkward, or even tone-deaf in hindsight if the deceased is posthumously accused of misconduct.

Televised award shows often include an Obituary Montage to honor those in their field who died in the past year. Also see Special Thanks (where the credits acknowledge loved ones and friends of the production crew who weren't directly involved with the production and in most cases are still alive at the time of release) and Posthumous Credit (where the deceased actually contributed to the work prior to their death and have their part acknowledged in the credits, which in many circumstances will overlap with this trope). Might be combined with a Really Dead Montage if The Character Died with Him.

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    Anime & Manga 
  • The last episode of Banana Fish is dedicated to Dino "Papa" Golzine's Japanese voice actor, Unshō Ishizuka, who passed away in August 2018, while the show was still ongoing.
  • One week after Momoko Sakura, the creator of Chibi Maruko-chan, passed away due to breast cancer, a memorial tribute of her aired after the anime episode.
  • The final episode of Chrome Shelled Regios is dedicated to Tetsuya Koiso, a production coordinator at ZEXCS.
  • Due to the Kisugi sisters guest appearance in City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes note , the movie's end credits feature a dedication in memory of Rui Kisugi's original voice actress, Toshiko Fujita, who was unable to reprise her role as she was very ill during the movie's production and died before it was released. note 
  • In the Italian dub of Digimon Frontier, episode 10 ends with a dedication to Maurizio Romano, Agunimon's first voice actor who died during production, as that was the last episode he was in.
  • Doraemon paid tribute to two of its most notable voice actors from the 1979 series who both died the same year in 2024.
    • The July 27 broadcast is dedicated to the memory of Noriko Ohara, the voice actor of Nobita in the original 1979 series. She passed away earlier on July 12, 2024.
    • The October 12 broadcast is dedicated to Nobuyo Ōyama, the voice actor for Doraemon also from the original 1979 series. She died on September 29, two months after Ohara.
  • Due to the untimely death of Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma's original Japanese voice actress) from aortic dissection, a memorial of her was aired after the broadcast of Episode 116 of Dragon Ball Super in Japan.
  • The premiere broadcast of the Gate Keepers anime's eighth episode opened with a tribute message to Kaneto Shiozawa, who died not long after voicing the Monster of the Week Yasutaka Fukuoka.
  • Nippon TV aired Grave of the Fireflies in memory of its' director Isao Takahata on April 13, 2018 following his passing eight days prior.
  • The final episode credits of Hajime no Ippo: Rising dedicate the whole season to Kenji Utsumi and Ichirō Nagai, the respective voice actors for Kamogawa and Nekota. Utsumi passed away in June 2013, the series therefore having to cast another VA for Kamogawa, and Nagai in January 2014.
  • Disney's dub of Kiki's Delivery Service is dedicated to Phil Hartman, the voice of Jiji, who was tragically murdered shortly before the film's release. GKIDS' reissue retains the dedication.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is dedicated to Bernard Hill, who played King Theoden in the Peter Jackson films and had passed away earlier in 2024.
  • Lupin III:
    • Discotek's Blu-ray for The Castle of Cagliostro is dedicated to both Carl Macek and Kevin Seymour, the respective ADR directors of the two English dubs.
    • Fujiko Mine's Lie and The First were both dedicated to Lupin creator Monkey Punch, who died before both of the film's respective debuts.
    • The Discotek 2022 Blu-Ray release of The Mystery of Mamo is dedicated to William Ross (Goemon in the Toho/Frontier Enterprises dub), William Dufris (Lupin in the Manga UK dub), Robert Axelrod (Mamo in the Streamline Pictures dub), series creator Monkey Punch, and the character designer for Part I and Cagliostro, Yasuo Otsuka.
    • The ending of TMS' release of the Part 2 episode Games of Chance on YouTube features a note honouring Philece Sampler, who voiced Nina in the episode.
  • The final episode of Migi & Dali's anime adaptation is dedicated to its author, Nami Sano, who passed away from cancer before the show finished production. The official music video of Skyline, the anime's ending theme, is also dedicated to her memory.
  • Pokémon
  • Nozomi's third DVD boxset of Revolutionary Girl Utena is dedicated to Tomoko Kawakami, the voice of Utena, who had succumbed to ovarian cancer.
  • Early airings of Robot Carnival contained one for the English dub's principal female voice actor Lisa Michelson, who was killed in a car crash the same year of the anime's 1991 North American premiere. The 2015 Discotek reissue retains the dedication, but is relegated to a simple mention in the new English ending credits.
  • The Latin American dub of Sailor Moon Cosmos was dedicated to Nancy MacKenzie, the original voice of Sailor Galaxia from the Latin American dub of the original anime.
  • Episode 17 of Samurai Champloo was dedicated to Ainu folk singer Umeko Ando, who performed the song "Pekambe Uk" heard in a flashback. Manglobe licensed the recording from Ando, but she passed away before the episode aired.
  • On May 17, 2020, Sazae-san reran an episode focusing on Masuo shortly after his second voice actor, Hiroshi Masuoka, passed away.
  • The English dub of Wolf Children is dedicated to Jerry Russell, Nirasaki's voice actor, who died in September 2013.
  • The end of the 15th episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! pays tribute to the late Kazuki Takahashi, creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, airing on the same week as that of his passing.

    Comic Books 
  • Amalgam Universe: The Exciting X-Patrol one-shot has a dedication to the memory of comic writer Mark Gruenwald, citing his "amalgimagination" as helping considerably in bringing Amalgam Comics into existence.
  • Blue Beetle (2023) #7 is dedicated to Jaime Reyes' creator, the late Keith Giffen, and has a plot involving Jaime bouncing through time to visit Justice League International, the Legion of Super-Heroes during the "Five Years Later" period, and his own early days, while pursued by fellow Giffen creations Ambush Bug, G'Nort, the Heckler, and Lobo, who are working for Jonni DC.
  • The Crow: The 2011 special edition was dedicated to Brandon Lee, much like the film adaptation.
  • DC Comics: Many DC Comics titles released in the last week of December 2022 carried a dedication page to Kevin Conroy, the long-time voice of Batman, showing a pensive Bruce Wayne holding the cowl, and quotes from Paul Dini and Alan Burnett.
  • Doom Patrol (2016): Issue three is dedicated to the memory of Chris Byczkiewicz, a friend of writer Gerard Way.
  • The Flash (1987):
    • The 122nd issue is dedicated to the memory of comic artist Mike Parobeck.
    • Issue 234 is dedicated to the memory of artist Mike Wieringo, who died of heart failure five months before the issue was published.
    • Issue 243 ends with "In memory of Matt Reeder, a very good friend of the Flash's."
  • G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (IDW):
    • Issue 210 had a dedication to comic artist Jeremy Dale, who worked on comics that were included with the figures of the 25th anniversary relaunch of the G.I. Joe toyline and had passed away two months before the issue was published.
    • Issue 215 is dedicated to the memory of Herb Trimpe, who was an artist for the original Marvel Comics Real American Hero series and, like Jeremy Dale, had died two months before the issue dedicated to him was published. Series writer Larry Hama and series illustrator S.L. Gallant both voiced their admiration for Trimpe and how much they'd miss him.
    • Issue 287 is dedicated to Robert Prupis, a World War II veteran and Hasbro employee who helped create the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline and passed away two months before the issue was published.
  • G.I. Joe (Devil's Due): The second issue was dedicated to the casualties of 9/11.
  • Hellblazer: Issue 91 ends with a dedication to the memory of Dean L. Clark, a friend of writer Paul Jenkins.
  • Icon: The 42nd issue, which revolved around Raquel Ervin coping with her grandmother's death, was dedicated to the memory of Amelia Hyland McDuffie, who was writer Dwayne McDuffie's grandmother.
  • JLA/Avengers: The fourth and final issue is dedicated to the memory of Mark Gruenwald.
  • Justice Society of America: The 15th issue of JSA (1999) is dedicated to the memory of Courtney Elizabeth Johns, the sister of co-writer Geoff Johns.
  • MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz, a comic adaptation of The Wizard of Oz published as a joint venture between DC and Marvel, features a dedication to Dorothy's actress Judy Garland, who died six years before the comic was printed.
  • Marvel Comics:
    • After Stan Lee passed away, all of Marvel Comics' lineup released in January 2019 featured dedications to him with the usual titles being featured on the bottom of the cover instead. There are no advertisements on the back cover, the front page of each issue featured a sketch portrait of him, and the inside back cover featured an excerpt from his old "Stan's Soapbox" column. All of their comics since his passing have also continued to feature excerpts from "Stan's Soapbox." DC published tributes "from the Distinguished Competition" in its comics.
    • Some covers of Marvel Comics published in September 2020 bore a dedication banner to Chadwick Boseman, the Black Panther star who died of colon cancer the month prior.
  • Marvel Comics #1000: The Milestone Celebration featured an in memoriam page based on the famous ending page of The Death Of Captain Marvel with all the creatives the company had lost over the years, with Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Steve Ditko's names at the very top in larger print.
  • Miracleman: Issue 0, printed in 2022, was dedicated to the memory of artist Garry Leach.
  • Scooby-Doo! Team-Up: The Space Ghost Issue is dedicated to C. Martin Crocker, who provided the voice of Zorak on Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
  • Spider-Man: The final issue of the Spider-Man: Chapter One miniseries was dedicated to DeForest Kelley.
  • SpongeBob Comics: The 12th issue ends with a dedication to Ernest Borgnine, the voice of Mermaid Man.
  • Superman:
    • The final issue of the The Supergirl from Krypton (2004) arc was dedicated to Christopher Reeve.
    • Superman/Batman issue 26 was dedicated to Jeph Loeb's son Sam, who died of cancer around the time of publishing. It featured a short story about a young friend of Superboy who is also dying of cancer and was also named Sam.
    • Adventures of Superman #498, part of the overarching storyline in "The Death of Superman'' saga, was dedicated to Superman co-creator Joe Shuster.
    • Superboy (1949): The backup story of issue #247 is dedicated to the memory of editor Mort Weisinger.
    • Legion of Super-Heroes (2004) issue #27 ended with a back-up feature dedicated to Dave Cockrum, a former Legion of Super-Heroes artist who died of complications from diabetes four months prior. The back-up story consisted of the Legionnaires lauding the impact Cockrum's artwork had on the comic and concluded with Barry Kitson, Jim Shooter and Paul Levitz speaking of how much they valued Cockrum and would miss him.
    • Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) Issue #38 (September, 1987), featuring the death of the Pocket Universe Superboy, is "Dedicated to the memory of E.N.B., in the hope that he would have approved." E. Nelson Bridwell, renowned Superman fanboy, writer, editor and continuity expert, had just died on January, 1987.
    • The first issue of Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) ends with a dedication to John Forte, one of the primary pencilers for the earlier Legion of Super-Heroes comics who passed away 23 years prior.
  • Supreme: The 40th and 41st issues were dedicated to the memory of Curt Swan.
  • Tomorrow Stories: The Greyshirt story featured in the first 64-page special is dedicated to the memory of Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit, whom Greyshirt was based on.
  • Transformers: Generation One: The third issue of the War and Peace miniseries of Dreamwave's comic was dedicated to Robert Stack, who voiced Ultra Magnus in The Transformers: The Movie and passed away a month before the issue was published.
  • Transformers Sector 7: The third issue of the series, a comic book tie-in to Transformers: Dark of the Moon, was dedicated to the memory of movie director Arthur Penn. The issue's story had Bonnie and Clyde involved, the dedication most likely being a nod to Penn's Bonnie and Clyde movie.
  • Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The tenth issue, much like issue 215 of the IDW Real American Hero comic, featured a dedication to noted G.I. Joe comic artist Herb Trimpe, whose death happened eight months before the issue was originally published.
  • Unstoppable Doom Patrol: The third issue is dedicated to the memory of Rachel Pollack, who was the writer of the third phase of the second volume of the Doom Patrol comic book and creator of the team member Kate Godwin/Coagula. The sincerity of this dedication has been called into question, however, due to Unstoppable Doom Patrol writer Dennis Culver ignoring the resurrections of Kate Godwin and Dorothy Spinnernote  that occurred in DC Pride 2022 and announcing that he intended to keep the characters deceased for his run a short time before Pollack passed away.
  • Wonder Woman: Black and Gold: Kurt Busiek's story in issue #4 has a tribute to artist John Paul Leon, who died earlier in 2021.
  • Xombi: The first issue of the 2011 series is dedicated to Dwayne McDuffie, who died about a month before the issue was printed.

    Fan Works 
  • Chapter 16 of Ed, Edd, Eddy n Edna is dedicated to Michael Jackson, and as such, includes a parody of his famous Thriller. The name of the chapter (as listed on FanFiction.Net) is also the name of an Annoying Orange Halloween Episode which also parodied Jackson's Thriller. This came first though.
  • SWAG.MOV parodies this, dedicating to Lauren Faust, creator of the original show. Her final words: "My greatest dream is a world without Jews" (A Call-Back to his SONIC: Too Fast? video). Lauren herself tweeted about this:
    Lauren: What?!?! I can't believe I was misquoted on my deathbed! I said booze! BOOZE! I'm a prohibitionist!
  • Starting with the acknowledgement on Episode 9 of the Real Life passing of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig in 2003, The JWL has had to memorialize the passings of many wrestling personalities, both those who were and weren't part of the series, sometimes many people on one episode.
  • Lucky Star: After Story has two examples so far. First, Chapter 29 was dedicated in memory of those who were killed in the Sandy Hook massacre. Second, Chapter 30 was dedicated to those who lost their lives and also to those who were injured in the Boston Marathon explosion as well as the Texas Fertilizer Explosion.
  • Triumph of the Retart is dedicated to a friend of Peter Guerin's who died of a congenital heart condition. In the MSTed version, the riffers go extremely easy on the dedication compared to the rest of the story.
  • Bait and Switch features a brief mention of an Odyssey-class starship called the USS Valentine. This refers to Mark "h2orat" Valentine, a Star Trek Online dev and Foundry author who died of cancer in September 2013. See also the STO entry under Video Games.
  • The revision of Chapter 3 of Power Rangers AVX was dedicated to the author’s friend, who had died months before the revision was made. He had only just found about her death from another friend’s In Memoriam commemorating what would’ve been her birthday.
  • Mugen Kagemaru wrote a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic, whose title was in fact finalized as In Memoriam, in memory of his late grandparents, and added the late brother of fellow author Trinary when he read the latter's own memorial fic dedicated to his brother, to which Trinary himself did not object. The story can be read here.
  • After the February 2015 death of Leonard Nimoy, the Star Trek Online forums' fanfic community made the lead prompt for the March literary challenge a memorial to Nimoy, via his character Spock. One entry with its own page is "Flaihhsam s'Spahkh", telling the Romulan perspective on the loss of Spock.
  • Dragon Ball Z Abridged:
  • The NUMB3RS fanfiction "Sanctuary" is dedicated to the author's cat, Sam, who had died at the age of 14.
  • The Ninth Vanilla Level Design Contest for Super Mario World was dedicated to the memory of Nicholas "eXcavator" Arts, who made the Great Ice Ravine level, and passed away in November 2016.
  • The House fanfic "Invasion of the Cuddy Snatchers" was dedicated to the memory of Kevin McCarthy, the star of the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants fanfic Mortal Man was written in memory of Mermaid Man's voice actor, Ernest Borgnine. The fanfic revolves around SpongeBob coming to terms with Mermaid Man's death.
  • The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fan Animation Luna's Determination is in memoriam of the author of the original song MelodicPony, Dyani-yahto, and King Mars.
  • The Green Glade, a one-shot fic of The Black Cauldron, was written in memory of Susan Sheridan, the voice actress of Princess Eilonwy, who passed away only nine days before the fic was published.
  • Macintyre, Cuccolover and The One developed "The Fate of Termina" video based on the script developed by Vortexxy Gaming, who had disappeared and reportedly passed away in a car accident sometime during 2016.
  • A few days after Stan Lee's passing, the Marvel Cinematic Universe fanfic Dial publishes Chapter 54, which has The Cameo of Stan Lee showing his wife Joan around the multiverse.
  • Amazing Fantasy is dedicated to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, whose passing in 2018 spurred the author to spin this idea into a full story.
  • The Batman fic Angel of the Bat is dedicated to the writer's dog Sadie.
  • Chapter 11 of Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail is dedicated to the author's grandmother, who passed on before the chapter was published, with the author explaining the main characters having dim sum for brunch was one of the author's fondest memories and regrets not being able to see her in person — as the grandmother lived in California and the author in Myanmar — within the past three years. Two months later in the Cyan Desert Car, she dedicated it to her aunt who passed away due to pneumonia.
  • The end credits of the TS!Underswap demo include a tribute to Offtopic, a late friend of Team Switched. They requested that people making a Let's Play of the game show the credits in full, in part to honor Offtopic's memory.
  • Vs. Sonic.Exe: A picture accessible in the sound test menu pays tribute to Divide, an artist for the mod who died shortly before Version 2's release. Divide's name also gets highlighted in yellow during the opening credits of the mod.
  • The Loud House: Revamped: If the chapter involves a character played by a deceased person, expect one at the end of the chapter.
  • If You Cant Beat Em Eat Em:
    • Chapter 19 "Nutshots and Nu-Metal" was given a retroactive dedication shortly after the suicide of Chester Bennington, whose music had been featured throughout the story.
    • The last chapter ends with a dedication to Robin Williams and 2 close friends.
  • Several stories in the Infinity Crisis multiverse carry dedications, often to the creators of characters that appear in stories:
    • Infinity Crisis: The Inhumans was dedicated to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (creators of the Inhumans) as well as John Broome and Gil Kane (creators of the Green Lantern Corps). The Inhumans are the central characters, and a side character gets a Green Lantern Corps ring in the story.
    • Infinity Crisis: Starman's Holiday is dedicated to Tom Lyle (the co-creator of the Will Payton Starman). That Starman is the central character of the one-shot.
    • National Stride: An Infinity Crisis Fourth of July Story is dedicated to Jerry Siegel. Several characters he co-created appear in the story.
    • Infinity Crisis Aftermath: A Batfamily Christmas is dedicated to the author's grandfather, as his passing inspired the story.
    • Infinity Crisis: Fire vs. Water is dedicated to Carl Burgos (creator of Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch), and Bill Everett (creator of Namor the Sub-Mariner). The "main story" of the one-shot is a retelling of Hammond and Namor's clash in Marvel Mystery Comics #8-9 (August-June 1940) set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    • Infinity Crisis: BAD Girls is dedicated to Mark Gruenwald, who co-created the titular group and its members: Black Mamba, Asp, and Diamondback. The titular characters debuted in this story.
  • The Cheyenne89 Pictures fanfiction Kirby and the Magic Stone was dedicated to the creator's IRL "Paw Paw", who passed away in July 2024, a mere five months before the story was finished or even before the creator had the idea for it, shown near the end of this story's epilogue.
  • So Long Pal: This short story was written in honor of Jonathan Joss, the second voice actor of the character John Redcorn, who was tragically murdered in 2025.
  • Bitter Cold, Gentle Warmth: The author notes the fanfiction as a tribute to the late Rachael Lillis, who had only just passed when it was written, and focuses on the two prominent characters she was noted for voicing in the series.

    Films — Animation 
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven: The credit song "Love Survives" was dedicated to Judith Barsi (who voiced Anne-Marie), who was murdered by her abusive father after all her lines in the movie were recorded.
  • Rise of the Guardians was dedicated to author William Joyce's late daughter Mary Katherine Joyce, "a guardian fierce and true", who died from a brain tumour in 2010.
  • Finding Nemo was dedicated to Pixar animator Glenn McQueen, who died of melanoma in October 2002.
  • Cars 1 (and its tie-in video game) and Corpse Bride were all dedicated to Joe Ranft, who was killed in a car wreck in August 2005.
    • Cars 2 was dedicated to Japeth Pieper, a digital painter who had worked for Pixar since the first Cars film, and computer scientist Andrew Witkin, who was a software developer for the studio and won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award for his work.
  • Khumba is dedicated to Reinhold Rau, who started the Quagga Project, who died back in 2006 before it was released.
  • TMNT is dedicated to Mako Iwamatsu (who voiced Splinter), who died shortly after finishing recording, as well as to stuntman German Cheung.
  • Chicken Little (2005) and Up were dedicated to longtime Disney storyman Joe Grant.
    • Up was also dedicated to Mike Oznowicz (father of Frank Oz), Ralph "Papa" Lopez, and Disney Legend Alice Estes Davis (who was actually still alive at the time, consulting on various projects for Disney; Davis herself would pass away in November 2022).
  • Shrek 2 was dedicated to William Steig, the author of the original book the series was based on.
  • Brave was dedicated to Steve Jobs, co-founder of Pixar.
    Dedicated with love and gratitude to Steve Jobs, our partner, mentor, and friend.
  • The Polar Express was dedicated to actor Michael Jeter, who played Smokey and Steamer in the film. A photo of Jeter is shown during the dedication.
  • The Blu-Ray version of Fantasia 2000 includes a dedication to executive producer Roy E. Disney (who had lived to see the movie premiere in theaters, but died about 11 months before it came to Blu-Ray).
  • Teacher's Pet (2004) was dedicated to Hubcaps, creator Gary Baseman's dog and the inspiration for the television series, who died during production.
  • At the very beginning of the original theatrical and VHS release of The Lion King (1994), just right before the Walt Disney Pictures Vanity Plate appears, there is a brief dedication to Walt Disney Company president Frank Wells, who died in a helicopter crash about two months before the film's release. However, later versions of the film (like the 2003 Platinum Edition, the 2011 Diamond Edition and the 2017 Signature Edition) move the dedication to the end of the credits.
    • The 2019 photorealistic remake was dedicated to Mark Livolski, one of the film's editors, who died in September 2018.
    • Mufasa: The Lion King opens with the words, "In Remembrance of James Earl Jones", who voiced Mufasa in both the original animated film and the 2019 remake, and who had died in September 2024. The dedication is accompanied by Mufasa's voice from the remake:
    Mufasa: Look at the stars. Whenever you feel alone, the Great Kings of the Past will always be up there to guide you. And so will I...
  • Happy Feet is dedicated to Nick Enright, Michael Jonson, Robby McNeilly Green, and Steve Irwin.
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire is dedicated to Jim Varney, who voiced Jebidiah "Cookie" Farnsworth (as well as Slinky Dog in the first two Toy Story films). This was actually the last film he ever starred in.
    Remembering our friend Jim Varney.
  • Disney's Beauty and the Beast contains possibly one of the loveliest dedications in Hollywood history at the end of its closing credits, in honor of lyricist Howard Ashman, who died of AIDS before the completion of the film: "To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful. Howard Ashman 1950-1991". This dedication also appears in the packaging of the soundtrack album.
  • The Transformers: The Movie is dedicated to Orson Welles, who voiced Unicron.
  • Minions: The Rise of Gru was dedicated in memory of animator Madeline Montero, who died on 7 July 2020.
  • SpongeBob SquarePants:
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa features the dedication, "For our friend Bernie Mac, thanks for all the laughter", Mac having voiced Alex's father Zuba in the film.
  • Jetsons: The Movie was dedicated to George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc, the respective voice actors for George Jetson and Mr. Spacely. Both actually died before completing their work for the movie, and sound-alike Jeff Bergman filled in their remaining lines. Additionally, at the very end of the film's end credits, you can hear Astro saying "I love you, George!" as a final send off to O'Hanlon.
  • Winnie the Pooh (2011) was dedicated to background painter Dan Read.
  • The LEGO Movie was dedicated to executive producer Kathleen Fleming, who died in a serious accident while the film was being produced.
    • The sequel is dedicated to writer-producer (and co-director of the first film) Christopher Miller's mother, who died in December 2018.
  • When Disney Channel aired Who Framed Roger Rabbit in May 2014, they ran a dedication card reading "In Memory of Bob Hoskins (1942-2014)" with art of a tearful Roger holding Eddie's hat and a caption on top that reads "So Long, Eddie!"
  • When Disney Channel aired Aladdin in August 2014, they ran a dedication card reading "In Memory of Robin Williams, who made us laugh." The dedication was adorned by a drawing of Genie created by head animator Eric Goldberg. The Blu-ray bonus features "The Genie Outtakes" and "Genie 101" were also dedicated to Williams.
  • Inside Out was dedicated to Brian Smits, the software engineer at Pixar.
  • Justice League: Doom was dedicated to writer Dwayne McDuffie, who died the year before the film came out, due to complications from open heart surgery after he completed the script.
  • The Chipmunk Adventure was dedicated to Tiger Lilly, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman's pet dog, who was fatally hit by a car while the film was in production.
  • Kung Fu Panda 3 was dedicated to Nancy Bernstein, executive of Dreamworks Animation, and producer of Rise of the Guardians, who died while Kung Fu Panda 3 was in production.
  • Smurfs: The Lost Village was dedicated to Nine Culiford, the widow of The Smurfs creator Peyo, who passed during production.
  • The Iron Giant has dedication notes to Ted Hughes, author of the original book The Iron Man, who succumbed to colorectal cancer, and Susan Bird (director Brad Bird's sister), who was killed by her estranged husband; both deaths occurred before the film's release. A small dedication also appears for clean-up animator Allison Sgrol.
  • Tom and Jerry:
  • Scooby-Doo Direct-to-Video Film Series:
  • Batman vs. Two-Face was dedicated to the memory of Adam West, who died a few months before its release.
  • Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie was dedicated to Steve Viksten (a writer on the show and the voice of Oskar Kokoshka), Vincent Schiavelli (the voice of the Pigeon Man and Mr. Bailey), and Kevin Iwani (an archive coordinator at Nickelodeon).
  • Incredibles 2 was dedicated to Bud Luckey, a Pixar artist who made contributions to every feature since Toy Story 1, and was the voice of Rick Dicker in the original film.
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse honors Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, the artist and writer who created Spider-Man, both of whom died in the film's year of release, 2018.
  • Toy Story:
    • The original Toy Story features a small tribute to animator Ken Willard, who died shortly before the film's release. The 1996 short film Canhead was also dedicated to Willard's memory.
    • Toy Story 4 was dedicated to Don Rickles (the voice of Mr. Potato Head, who died before he could record any dialogue) and Adam Burke (a Pixar animator who died of lung cancer the previous year). The Italian dub also adds a homage to Fabrizio Frizzi, Woody's original voice actor who died a year before the movie's release.
      In memory of Don Rickles (1926-2017). Thank you for bringing your voice, humor, and spirit to Toy Story. We are eternally grateful.
      Dedicated to Adam Burke (1971-2018). A gifted animator and friend to all. We love you to infinity and beyond.
  • Coco has a unique example: at the end of the credits, there's a message reading, "To the people across time who supported and inspired us." This is followed by a digital ofrenda of members of the Pixar family who passed away. Included in the ofrenda are the likes of Steve Jobs, Joe Ranft, and Don Rickles.
  • Spies in Disguise was dedicated to Joe Kwong, who was a rigging artist for the film's production company Blue Sky Studios.
  • The credits to Over the Moon open with a dedication to Audrey Wells, who wrote the screenplay.
  • Robots was dedicated to David Boyd Brown, who died two years before the film hit theaters. Brown was the co-founder and CEO of Blue Sky Studios, this film's production company.
  • The Brazilian Portuguese dub of Dog Gone Trouble was dedicated to two of its voice actors, Dario de Castro and Ana Lucia Menezes, both of whom died one month before the film's premiere.
  • Alpha and Omega was dedicated to Dennis Hopper, who lent his voice to Tony, one of the wolves. Hopper died a few months before the movie was released.
  • Clifford's Really Big Movie was dedicated to John Ritter, who voiced Clifford in both this film and the 2000 PBS Kids animated series. Ritter had recorded all of his dialogue for the film at the time of his death on September 11, 2003, from an aortic dissection; the film was released posthumously.
  • The Amazing Maurice ends with the words "GNU Terry Pratchett", which is the standard way for Discworld fans to memorialise Sir Terry, based on a scene in Going Postal. The film also features another memorial message, near the end of the credits, reading, "It is with love and admiration that we respectfully dedicate this film to Jan Rogowski, who poured his heart and talent into making our Maurice amazing. We will miss our friend and colleague."
  • Free Jimmy is dedicated to Joachim Nielsen, writer and director Christopher Nielsen's brother, who died from a drug overdose six years earlier.
  • Rio has a dedication to Carlos Saldanha's mother.
    • The sequel Rio 2 is dedicated to Don Rhymer, a writer for both Rio and Rio 2, who died during production from mouth cancer on November 28, 2012, at the age of 51.
  • Big Hero 6 has "Thanks Andy, we miss you!" at the end of the credits for Andy Jones, a friend of one of the crew members at Disney.
  • For the ending credits of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, right under "Nintendo President: Shuntaro Furukawa" is "Former Nintendo President: Satoru Iwata." Later, a string of text dedicated to Laurent de la Chapelle, a computer graphics supervisor who had been working with Illumination Entertainment since the first Despicable Me 1, can be seen.
  • The Pebble and the Penguin was dedicated to Michael Carey and David Corbally, two staffers who died early in production.
  • The Bob's Burgers Movie was dedicated to main character designer Dave Creek and background painter Denise Blakely Fuller who both died during production of this film.
  • During the credits of Moana, a star is placed next to the name Cooper in the production babies section, who died during production of the film.
  • Elemental has not one, not two, but seven of these, all of which appear in the closing credits. The first of these is "In Appreciation of Miss Renee (1971-2023)". The rest of the dedications appear after the copyright notice and disclaimers. Set to an animation of a blue flame, there are dedications to Pixar art director Ralph Eggleston, editor Thomas Gonzales, former animator Amber Martorelli and story artist J. Garett Sheldrew. At the end, a picture of Peter Sohn's parents, who sadly passed away before they ever got a chance to see the movie, is shown as Sohn's way of thanking them for everything.
  • Transformers One was dedicated to former Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner, who died during the early stages of production of the film in October 2021.
  • The European Spanish dub of Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie was dedicated to Jesús Barreda, the original dub actor for Adrien / Cat Noir in the series, who died in April 2023. A dedication◊ is shown prior to the dubbing credits.
  • Hoodwinked! is dedicated to Tyler Maxwell Stutzman, the younger brother of producer Preston Stutzman, who passed away in 2003.
  • Klaus (2019) was dedicated in memory of scene planner Mary Lescher who died of cancer five months before the film's release.
  • The Puppetoon Movie was dedicated to Paul Frees, who voiced Arnie the Dinosaur and his long-standing role of the Pillsbury Doughboy in the film, who died from a medication overdose before the movie came out.

    Literature 
  • Isaac Asimov:
  • Impossible Creatures is dedicated to Claire Hawkins, the author's great-aunt who had a huge influence on her as a child.
  • In Memoriam: In-universe examples abound in the Preshutian obituaries of the same name, written by current Preshute students for alumni who were killed during the war. These eulogies usually serve to honour the fallen soldiers by remarking on their personalities and remembering them for their achievements both in and out of Preshute.
  • Alfred, Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam A.H.H., or simply In Memoriam, was written as he was coming to terms with the death of his friend, Arthur Henry Hallam.
  • Love Anthony begins with "For Tracey. In memory of Larry."
  • Raising Steam is dedicated to the fathers of Terry Pratchett and his assistant Rob Wilkins; "both fine engineers who taught their sons to be curious". The spin-off Mrs. Bradshaw's Handbook has an in-universe dedication to Mrs. Bradshaw's husband and Dick Simnel's father; "early departures on this particular journey".
  • Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly ended (both the novel and film version) with a list of names of those that Dick had lost to drug usage—including himself, as his pancreas was irreparably damaged by that point.
    In memoriam. These were comrades whom I had; there are no better. They remain in my mind, and the enemy will never be forgiven. The "enemy" was their mistake in playing. Let them play again, in some other way, and let them be happy. - Philip K. Dick
  • The fourth Welcome To Wonderland book, "Beach Battle Blowout", is dedicated to Chris Grabenstein's father, Thomas Aloysius Grabenstein.
  • The 2012 tie-in novel for Bad Day on the Midway includes a dedication to Jim Ludtke, who was the primary artist behind Bad Day and The Residents other CD-ROM game, Freak Show, among other collaborations.

    Networks 
  • [adult swim] often airs silent bumpers, in their usual "black and white" format, honoring figures who have made a significant impact on the lives of the staff or on pop culture in general, showing their names and the years they were alive. On rare occasions, more electorate dedications are shown.
    • A 2011 bumper paid tribute to Steve Jobs by showing the cursive "Hello" from the 1984 unveiling of the Mac fading into a "Goodbye".
    • A 2012 bumper paid tribute to Neil Armstrong by showing a photograph of him on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission with audio of his "One small step for man..." quote playing.
    • Parodied with a 2013 bumper honoring Futurama following its second cancellation, showing both eras where it was on the air. It was well-deserved, as reruns of show helped Adult Swim gain mainstream popularity during in its early years.
    • A 2014 bumper paid tribute to Sherman Hemsley two years after he died.
      "Sorry, we just found out. That shit sucks."
    • In 2016, they did everything they could to honor one of the network's original driving forces, C. Martin Croker. This included the Toonami bit mentioned below, a re-airing of the first Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode, and a marathon stream of the show on the block's website.
    • Parodied with a 2017 bumper that honored "The writing on Game of Thrones" following the controversial seventh season's finale.
    • In 2024, the Toonami block payed tribute to Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, where Tom and SARA acknowledged that Dragon Ball helped put Toonami on the map, and announced they would air the first eight episodes of Dragon Ball Z Kai.
  • Cartoon Network:
  • Disney Channel:
  • Nickelodeon:
    • In 1989, Nick aired a bumper honoring Mel Blanc, "who, for more than fifty years, let the Looney Tunes do the talking."
    • In 2012, Nick paid tribute to Ernest Borgnine by airing a marathon of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes prominently featuring Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
    • Not long after SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg's death from ALS on November 26, 2018, Nick aired a montage honoring him, thanking him for "making every day the Best Day Ever." between a memorial marathon of the show's first three seasons. An extended version of the montage was later uploaded to Nickelodeon's official YouTube channel (eventually moved to SpongeBob's official YouTube channel). They also aired an all-day marathon the weekend after his death to commemorate him. For the week of August 17, 2020, the network ran SpongeBob almost all afternoon (only stopping for The Loud House and its spinoff The Casagrandes) from Monday to Friday in memory of Stephen, as that Friday would have been his 59th birthday. The Saturday after that, there was a nearly all-day marathon in his memory until 6PM that night.
    • Another SpongeBob marathon on June 5, 2020, which was originally supposed to promote a new special, wound up being this when "Band Geeks" played twice to honor the passing of Bob Kulick, who wrote a stock music library track that became famous through its use in that episode, "Sweet Victory".
  • Turner Classic Movies has "TCM Remembers" bumpers that pay tribute to people in the movie business, from both sides of the camera, when they die, as well as a longer bumper at the end of the year recapping the deaths. They also hold marathons of movies those people were involved with in honor of them.
    • Every December, they run a touching "TCM Remembers" montage between shows to acknowledge film-related personalities who passed away that year; it tends to run 5+ minutes due to its thorough approach — cult favorite figures and behind-the-camera talent such as special effects technicians and costume designers are afforded the same time and affection as A-list stars and directors. Very often, someone dies after the clipreel is released, and unlike the Academy Awards they recut the whole thing to include those people if possible. If not, they just go to the next year (this happened with Eartha Kitt, for instance).note 
  • PBS Kids Sprout, back when it was called that, sometimes held marathons whenever somebody famous that was connected to the shows they'd air died.
  • After the passing of Fred Rogers (of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood fame) in late Feburary 2003, PBS North Carolina (at the time known as UNC-TV) aired a memorial tribute that featured Mr. McFeely and the network's Kangaroo mascot Read-A-Roo watching one of Rogers' speeches.
    Your support of UNC-TV has an impact... beyond what you watch.
  • NBC ran a Camp Candy marathon in March 1994 to pay tribute to John Candy.
  • In 2015, a couple days after Brazilian voice actor turned policeman Caio Cesar was shot in the line of duty, several local TV stations reran productions featuring his voice. TV Cultura reran Rocket Power (he voiced Otto), Rede Record showed the Thunderbirds movie (he was in the supporting cast), Nick Jr. aired Dora the Explorer (he voiced Boots), and the Warner Channel aired The Green Mile (he had a bit part).
  • ABC will occasionally play short bumpers to pay tribute to network stars, like Happy Days's Erin Moran in 2017 and sports broadcaster Keith Jackson in 2018.
    • At the end of 2017 and just before airing their annual "The Year" retrospective, ABC aired a new special called "The Year: In Memoriam". It featured interviews with current personalities sharing opinions and stories about icons we lost in 2017 (Tracy Morgan talking about Don Rickles, Darius Rucker on Tom Petty, etc.) and a clip montage of ones they missed at the end. They repeated this in 2018 (two honorees being President Bush Sr. and his wife Barbara), but apparently dropped the concept in 2019.
    • Following the death of Chadwick Boseman on August 28, 2020, ABC pre-empted its Sunday night Game Show block to show Black Panther without commercials, followed by an ABC News tribute special.
  • In late 2016, Logo aired bumpers in memory of George Michael, Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, who all died within days of one another.
    • In 2018, they also ran a marathon of The Facts of Life in honor of Charlotte Rae, as well as having a memorial bumper that said "Thank you for teaching us The Facts of Life".
  • On June 25, 2009, WGN showed bumpers in honor of Farrah Fawcett, who died of cancer that day and with a memory card of her with the statement "Forever An Angel".
    • WGN also showed bumpers for The Bozo Show in 2001 when actor Roy Brown (who played Kookie the Chef) died in January 2001. The montage ended with a photo of him as Kookie the Chef and a caption comes up that read "Thanks, Roy! We will miss you!"
  • CBC aired a bumper for fellow Canadian actor Alan Thicke, who passed away around Christmas 2016.
  • On April 21, 2018, Laff TV held an "All Rise for Harry" marathon of Night Court in honor of star Harry Anderson, who died earlier in the week of the flu at the age of 65.
  • When Syfy launched back in September 1992, they displayed a title card that dedicated the channel to the memory of Gene Roddenberry and Isaac Asimov.
  • On December 23, 2018, a Laverne & Shirley marathon was held on MeTV to honor Penny Marshall, who had died a few days prior. The episodes that were run were picked by her in an interview in 2015.
  • In February 2021, both E! Network and MeTV paid tribute to Dustin Diamond, who died of cancer that month. The former network have a weekend-long Saved by the Bell marathon intercut with interviews with him and a memorial screenshot while the latter network aired six episodes starring Screech with their own memorial bumper for Diamond.
  • Given how famous Betty White was, several networks altered their schedule during the first week of 2022 to pay tribute to her:
    • On January 1-2, 2022, TV Land aired an all-weekend marathon of The Golden Girls to honor the passing of Betty White mostly consisting of episodes featuring White's character Rose. As this was a last-minute schedule change, it didn't show up on most TV guides. They also ran a marathon on the day that would have been her 100th birthday.
    • The weekend of Betty White's passing, CMT aired a marathon of The Golden Girls episodes focusing on Rose. A bumper aired between episodes mourning White and sending wishes to her family, friends, and fans.
    • On January 8, 2022, Game Show Network and Buzzr both aired marathons of Match Game episodes starring Betty White.
    • Decades aired a marathon of The Mary Tyler Moore Show on January 8, 2022, preceeded by Betty White's roast of Dean Martin.
    • Local channel DTC3 aired a marathon of Life with Elizabeth and Date with the Angels on January 8, 2022.
    • The Film Detective channel showed a marathon of her first sitcom, Life with Elizabeth, on January 17th, which would have been her 100th birthday.
    • Hallmark Channel showed an all-day marathon of The Golden Girls on the day that would have been her 100th birthday, January 17th.
    • Google honored Betty White on her 100th birthday by showing rose petals, the years she was born and died, and the message "Thank you for being a friend".
  • MeTV moved up its addition of Full House from February to January to honor the passing of Bob Saget.
  • Following Matthew Perry's fatal drowning in October 2023, several networks ran marathons of Friends in memory of him, including Nick At Nite, TBS, French channel TFX and a channel in Italy. In addition, Nick At Nite ran a special documentary about Matthew Perry. Comedy Central UK dedicated the first Friends marathon to run after his death to him and has since added an "in loving memory" slide to the end of each episode.
  • When James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther in Friends, passed away, Comedy Central UK's marathon the following day was entirely composed of episodes featuring Gunther with a screen bug dedicated to Tyler in the corner.
  • In 2009, the TV Guide Channel ran numerous Michael Jackson specials on loop in wake of his passing.
  • Following the death of Kobe Bryant in January 2020, ESPN aired his last game against the Boston Celtics as well as a special edition of SportCenter in his honor. TNT followed suit by airing a special episode of Inside the NBA in an empty Crypto.com Arena (a Lakers-Clippers game was postponed that day due to the tragic event).
  • After George Wendt's death, on May 25, 2025, the diginet Catchy Comedy ran a marathon of Cheers in his memory.

    Pinball 
  • The December 2012 software upgrade for Star Wars (Data East) is dedicated to Neil Falconer, who programmed the original software for the game.
  • An Easter Egg in the Attract Mode for Jack*Bot shows that it is dedicated to Joe Joos Jr, who made several interesting pinball toys.
  • The end of the credits for Tales from the Crypt reads "In Loving Memory of William Gaines". Bill Gaines was the publisher and co-editor of EC Comics, which originally published the Tales from the Crypt Comic Book.
  • Data East's "Time Machine" has a tribute to pinball trailblazers Sam Stern and Harry Williams, who passed away shortly before the game was released.
    "Dedicated to the memory of Sam Stern and Harry Williams. Friends, founders, and fathers."
  • The Attract Mode for GoldenEye includes the message "Dedicated to the Memory of Jack Bushell."
  • While Avengers: Infinity Quest doesn't have a formal dedication, it does contain a tribute to Chadwick Aaron Boseman, who played Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and died not long before the game was revealed. After all of the regular high scores in the Attract Mode, the last listing is simply "Black Panther: CAB." Notably, it's the only high score that can never be replaced.
  • Godzilla (Stern): The various high scores in Attract Mode include a permanent listing for a "Code Champion," whose initials are "LFS." This is a tribute to longtime pinball coder Lyman F. Sheats; it was added in version .90, which was released almost a week after he passed away.

    Pro Wrestling 
  • The traditional professional wrestling tribute to deceased wrestlers is the ringing of the bell ten times at the beginning of an event.
  • In 1999, the Funk brothers dedicated a match at the FMW Judgment Day to Bruiser Brody.
  • WWE does this regularly.
    • Depending on how "important" the dead guy is, it might just be an "In Memoriam" card at the beginning of the show or a fully produced Retrospective about their lives. And that's just for old guys. For Owen Hart, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit they had full two-hour Kayfabe breaking tributes. Benoit's was an unfortunate example, as it aired moments before it emerged that his death was a murder-suicide involving his wife and son, and when the truth came out, Vince McMahon broke kayfabe in a major way when he appeared out of character on ECW and gave a short statement apologizing for the earlier tribute. Incidentally, this was the last time Benoit's name would ever be mentioned on WWE television.
    • After Road Warrior Hawk's death, The Dudley Boys won a tag match with the Road Warriors' old Finishing Move as a tribute. Announcer Jim Ross even finished calling the match with "God bless you, Hawk!".
    • After Yokozuna's death, The Undertaker wore a Yokozuna shirt, which he revealed after defeating Val Venis on Raw. While opponents on-screen, they were best friends in real life.
    • Another contentious example was their 2017 tribute to Jimmy Snuka; Snuka had narrowly avoided prosecution for the death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino in 1983, having been declared unfit to stand trial due to health issues, and the charges were dismissed. Even though evidence had pointed to Snuka not just having killed Nancy but abusing her before hand, and the company considered him an Un-person like Benoit during his arrest, suspending his legends contract and removing him from the Hall of Fame, the WWE decided to honor Snuka as a hero with a glowing tribute video package, a move that was considered tone deaf and hypocritical by many considering how quickly the promotion had worked to wash its hands of Benoit nearly a decade earlier.
    • Triple H wore a black armband during a match in remembrance of "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig.
    • Paul Heyman would pay tribute to ECW Original New Jack on an episode of Talking Smack, saying that WWE wouldn't show footage of him and his matches because he "was a gangsta".
    • Triple H would kick off night two of WrestleMania 38 with a small tribute to his friend and fellow Kliq member Scott Hall by saying The Bad Guy's catchphrase "Hey yo!"
    • In 2023, WWE did a double ten-bell salute for the first time following the deaths of Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt only one day apart from each other. The crowd in attendance also sang “He's Got The Whole World In His Hands", a song Wyatt had used frequently during his Wyatt Family gimmick.
    • July 2025 episodes of Raw, SmackDown, and NXT payed tribute to Hulk Hogan following his sudden death a few days prior, including a ten-bell salute. Tony Schiavone would also pay tribute to Hogan on an episode of AEW Collision, since the two were once co-workers when they were in WCW.
  • CHIKARA named the tournament to crown the first ever CHIKARA Grand Champion the "12 Large Summit," after Larry Sweeney's catchphrase.
  • The Revived FMW's 2016 Snow Thawing Carnival became a tribute to Hayabusa after he was found dead in his home during it.
  • Mephisto wore the mask of the deceased Arkangel de la Muerte for his match during the June 15th 2018 CMLL Super Viernes.
  • The December 30th, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite was dedicated to Mr. Brodie Lee, the Exalted One of The Dark Order. Every member of the Dark Order got wins under their belt, with a dream team match booked by his son, Brodie Jr., as the main event. At the end of the show, they retired the then-current TNT Championship belt (which Brodie had held until his last match), giving it to Brodie Jr. and declaring him TNT Champion for life.
  • WWE would also pay tribute to Mr. Brodie Lee, known in WWE as (Luke) Harper, in various ways:
    • On the December 29th, 2020 episode of Raw, Drew McIntyre opened the show with "It's Monday. You know what that means?" before replying to himself with "Yeah yeah! It's time for Monday Night Raw!" Both "Yeah yeah!" and "It's (name of day). You know what that means?" were Harper's catchphrases, "Yeah yeah!" while in the ring, and "It's (name of day). You know what that means?" while on Twitter.

    Puppet Shows 
  • The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Big Blue Home of the Brave" was dedicated to Dean Brent McCune Jr., a young fan who had died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).
  • The final episode of Fraggle Rock, "Change of Address" is dedicated to Don Sahlin, Jim Henson's chief puppet builder and designer, who had died five years before the series premiered.
  • The series premiere of Dinosaurs began with a dedication to Jim Henson, who passed away while the show was still in development.
  • The Noddy Shop: When Sean McCann died, Joseph Marshall, who later uploaded the entire series with creator Rick Siggelkow's permission, uploaded the official music video of "Thank You For Being You", the song from the Season 1 finale "Noah's Leaving".
  • The Between the Lions episode "The Fox and the Crow" was dedicated to Jeanne S. Chall, a curriculum consultant who died a year before the series premiered.
  • Sesame Street:
    • Honorees from different episodes include director Jon Stone and actor Michael Jeter.
    • There's Episode 1839, an episode-long tribute to actor Will Lee, who played Mr. Hooper, that also used the fact that The Character Died with Him as an opportunity to teach children about death in a mature manner, and episode 4411, a Halloween Episode-long tribute to Muppet performer Jerry Nelson by means of honoring his most prominent character, Count von Count.
    • The 1989 special Sesame Street: 20 Years and Counting was dedicated to longtime series composer Joe Raposo and closed with a performance with his most famous song, "Sing".
    • Episode 3981, the episode made in response to 9/11, is dedicated to Lt. Robert Nagel, a New York City firefighter that died that day.
    • Episode 5005 (also known as "Mick and The Good Fit") ends with a dedication to Caroll Spinney, who had passed away a week prior, that read "Thank you for bringing so much life to Big Bird and Oscar. We'll miss you, Caroll". The documentary 50 Years & Still Sunny! was also dedicated to Spinney and Sesame Workshop executive Bobbi English.
    • Episode 5306 ("Bert's Bike Day with Luis") ends with a dedication to Emilio Delgado, who played Luis on the show. The main story is a repeat of a season 45 story that heavily featured Luis, and one segment is a song sung by the character.
    • Episode 5326 ("Make Music with Bob") is dedicated to Bob McGrath, who played Bob. This episode's main story is a repeat of a season 43 episode that starred McGrath's character.

    Radio 
  • Just a Minute has included tributes to each of its four original regular panellists following their deaths.
    • The 5 May 1988 episode, the first to air after the death of Kenneth Williams a few weeks earlier (but which had been recorded before his death), was introduced by the Radio 4 continuity announcer as a tribute to his memory.
    • Host Nicholas Parsons introduced the 1 March 1999 episode as a tribute to Derek Nimmo, who had died a few days before the episode aired; Nicholas noted that the episode's recording a few months earlier had been Derek's last professional appearance.
    • A summer re-run of the 17 January 2000 episode was dedicated to the memory of Peter Jones, who had died earlier in the year and one of whose last professional appearances had been for the recording of the episode in question.
    • At the end of the 27 July 2009 episode, Nicholas Parsons introduced an audio clip of Clement Freud, who had died the previous spring, speaking on the subject "How I hope my epitaph will read" from the 29 January 2001 episode as a tribute to his memory:
      Clement Freud: I think just my name, the date of my death, and the words "Best before".note 
  • The February 1, 2019 edition of The News Quiz started with a brief tribute to Jeremy Hardy before the program proper started, as he'd died between the it being recorded and broadcast. Miles Jupp, who gave the tribute, was clearly trying to hold back tears.
  • American Top 40: The June 21, 2014 show was dedicated to the memory of co-creator/original host Casey Kasem, who had died the previous weekend. Additionally, a two-hour special aired over the July 4 weekend, with tributes from many of the stars, his successors, his one-time rival Rick Dees and others about the influence of the show and how much they enjoyed listening to Casey each weekend. Also, tributes were aired during American Country Countdown and its rival program, Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 (with Kingsley reflecting on his working with Kasem during his days with American Country Countdown). Many times, a special segment would be aired when a prominent artist passed away. One of the earliest such tributes on AT40 was to Jim Croce, who died in a plane crash in 1973, and Kasem aired an extensive tribute a month later. Both American Country Countdown and Country Top 40 have done the same through the years, such as with Merle Haggard.
  • The first episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978) Hexagonal Phase is dedicated to Susan Sheridan, the original Trillian.
  • The April 21, 2018 episode of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me is dedicated to announcer Carl Kasell.
  • On the weekend of Kevin Meaney's death in October 2016, Sirius XM station Raw Dog Comedy played a marathon of several of his routines during the evening hours.
  • Sirius XM's Disney Hits station began playing "Kiss The Girl" and "Under The Sea" more frequently after Samuel E. Wright's death. It got to the point where the former song became the 11th most played song over the course of a 30-day period.
    • The same thing happened when Pat Carroll died, except the song played was "Poor Unfortunate Souls". The song would play 15 times the week after her passing to honor her (most frequently-aired songs on the channel play 13 times a week), making it the most-played song that week.

    Sports 
  • Much like professional wrestling, a boxing event held after a boxer has died will have a 10 bell salute at the beginning, dubbed "the final 10 count".
  • Teams that are owned by the Hunt family would have a patch on their jerseys honoring the late Lamar Hunt. This includes the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL (who wear an AFL patch since Lamar founded that league), and FC Dallas of Major League Soccer (who have his initials on either the sleeve or near the bottom hem in the front.
  • In the National Football League, teams sometimes wear patches to honor owners, players, or other people associated with them.
    • After the September 11th attacks in 2001, every team wore a patch to honor the lives lost, with the New York Jets and New York Giants wearing an additional patch to honor the first responders.
    • In the 2015 season, the New York Giants wore patches honoring Ann Mara, matriarch to the Mara family owning the team, and a #16 decal to honor Frank Gifford, who played for the team from 1952 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1964.
    • In the 2018 season, the Seattle Seahawks wore "PGA" patches to honor team owner Paul Allen.
    • In the 2020 season, the Miami Dolphins wore "Shula 347" patches honoring former head coach Don Shula, 347 being the number of games Shula won as a head coach.
    • In the 2025 season, the Chicago Bears wore patches with the initials of their former co-owner Virginia Halas McCaskey following her death. The Bears also have the initials of their first owner George Stanley Halas on their left sleeve stripes.
    • Following the death of John Madden in 2021, the annual Thanksgiving games were renamed the "John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration" in honor of him and his association with the holiday, with players wearing a Madden patch on their jerseys during those games.
  • In some team or contact sports (usually American-style football), a rare yet extremely touching form of remembrance is the sports equivalent of a "missing man" tribute, where if a player has died, their position on the field will be empty for one play.
    • Nebraska Cornhuskers punter Sam Foltz was killed in a car accident prior to their September 3, 2016, game against the Fresno State Bulldogs. Nebraska's first punt attempt of the game, therefore, had no punter. The play clock expired creating a delay of game penalty, which Fresno State declined.
    • Sean Taylor, the free safety for the Washington Redskins (now Washington Commanders), was shot and killed in a home invasion on November 27, 2007. In their next game on December 2 against the Buffalo Bills, Washington's first defensive play only had ten men on the field, with the free safety position empty.
    • Johnny Gaudreau, along with his brother Matthew, were struck and killed by a drunk driver on August 29, 2024. In their first home game, the Columbus Blue Jackets took the opening face-off without a Left Winger as well as let 13 seconds come off the clock, referencing his jersey number.
  • Following the death of Kobe Bryant in January 2020, multiple teams paid tribute by deliberately earning a 24-second shot clock violation and an 8-second backcourt violation - reflecting Bryant's jersey numbers. The first Clippers and Lakers games after his death also featured extended tributes to Bryant.
  • When golfer Payne Stewart died in a plane crash after his Learjet's pressurization system failed and everyone on board passed out from hypoxia, several PGA golfers at the 2000 US Open in Pebble Beach paid tribute by doing their own version of a 21-gun salute- they hit 21 golf balls into the ocean.
  • After Dan Wheldon was killed in a massive pile-up in Lap 11 of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the race was abandoned and the remaining 19 cars did 5 laps at pace speed in tribute, while the pylon was blanked except for Wheldon's no. 77 and bagpipe renditions of "Danny Boy" and "Amazing Grace" played over the P.A. system.
  • NASCAR
    • When J.D. McDuffie died during a race at Walkens Glen, broadcaster Bob Jenkins payed tribute to him before the race restart by expressing condolences to J.D.'s wife and family and talking about the risks and dangers race car drivers face while competing.
    • During coverage of the 1994 Winston 500 at Talladega, the broadcasters paid tribute to Ayrton Senna after his fatal crash at the San Marino Grand Prix. Race winner Dale Earnhardt would even mention Senna during his Victory Lane interview.
    • After Dale Earnhardt Sr. died on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500, many drivers started wearing black "3" hats on the following races with tracks also displaying the 3 on the grandstands or infield grass. In the decades following the accident, fans would also hold three fingers up during lap 3 of the Daytona 500.
    • In October 24, 2004, a private jet carrying multiple Hendrick Motorsports personnel, including the team owner's son, crashed while en route to a Martinsville race, killing everyone on board. In the following races, all four of the HMS cars put special decals on their hoods and trunk lids that had a picture of all the victims along with the caption "Always In Our Hearts".

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    Theatre 
  • Avenue Q features a fictionalized version of former child actor Gary Coleman. When the real Coleman died from an epidural hematoma in May 2010 at the age of 42, that evening's performances of the show by the off-Broadway cast at New York's New World Stages and the national touring cast in Dallas were dedicated to his memory.
  • My Sister Eileen is dedicated to the Real Life Eileen, Eileen McKenney West, who died with her husband in a car accident around the time the play opened in New York City.
  • In September 2018, Cirque du Soleil aerialist twins Andi and Kevin Atherton incorporated their duo straps act into VOLTA in memory of fellow aerialist Yann Arnaud, who fell to his death during a performance in Tampa in March of that year.

    Theme Parks 
  • Disney Theme Parks:
    • Walt Disney World itself was this for Walt Disney, who passed away while his "Florida project" was still in the planning stage. In fact, it was Roy O. Disney's idea to put his brother's first name in what was then called Disney World so that everyone would know whose idea it all was. There is also a tribute to Walt in the resort's dedication plaque in the Magic Kingdom:
      "Walt Disney World is a tribute to the philosophy and life of Walter Elias Disney, and to the talents, the dedication, and the loyalty of the entire Disney organization that made Walt Disney's dream come true."
    • During the opening ceremony for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland, Harrison Ford paid tribute to Peter Mayhew (the original performer for Chewbacca) by saying "Peter, this one's for you" as he helped power up the Millennium Falcon.
    • Since Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway is Russi Taylor's final performance as Minnie Mouse, the song "Nothing Can Stop us Now" was dedicated to her after the ride's opening in early 2020. Russi was able to record all of her lines before her passing in the summer of 2019.
  • Universal Parks & Resorts:
    • The Pantages Theatre at Universal Studios Florida features two windows with their own tribute. One of the windows pay tribute to six victimsnote  of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting who were past and present employees of Universal. The other window honors Blaine Kern, head of the Mardi Gras float maker Kern Studios whose work was used at both the genuine New Orleans parades and at the Mardi Gras celebrations at Universal.
    • After Robbie Coltrane passed away, a bundle of roses was laid next to the Hagrid animatronic on Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.

    Toys 
  • Beanie Babies: The Beanie Baby Ariel was dedicated to Ariel Glaser, a young girl who died on August 12, 1988 of complications from AIDS.

    Web Animation 
  • The video RIP Edd Gould was dedicated to Eddsworld creator Edd Gould, who died in 2012 after a six-year battle with cancer.
  • Episode 2 of Red vs. Blue Season 11 was dedicated to David Dreger, an RT Community member who had been found dead after having been missing for half a month. Episode 20 of Season 13 had a minor one mentioning Monty Oum as a "Very Special Thanks" as he got his start at Rooster Teeth doing the first major animations for RvB before moving on to a certain series listed below.
  • DEATH BATTLE!:
    • The REMASTERED version of Boba Fett vs. Samus Aran was dedicated to the memory of Monty Oumnote , who died in February 2015 while in a coma following an allergic reaction.
    • Ruby Rose vs. Maka Albarn was a matchup Monty loved, although he specifically requested that the matchup only happen when RWBY was complete. Once Death Battle went indie due to the shutdown of Rooster Teeth, the matchup finally came to fruition as the 200th episode overall, and ended with a picture of Ruby and Maka clashing, with the subtitle "Thank you, Monty" underneath them.
  • Episode 1 of the Super Mario Bros. Z reboot is dedicated to both Satoru Iwata and Monty Oum, the latter of which was inspired to make fan animation by the series's original run.
  • RWBY:
    • The third Volume, which was continued by creator Monty Oum's colleagues at Rooster Teeth, opens with Ruby visiting her mother's grave and watching the sunset, with a flock of birds flying out towards it in the pattern of Monty's signature◊.
    • A dedication to Monty Oum, who died one year before the third volume's "End of the Beginning" was released, appears after the end credits with the words "We love you, Monty."
    • The sixth volume repeated this with the song Indomitable, which is dedicated to Monty's memory.
    • The seventh volume's finale, "The Enemy of Trust", aired on the fifth anniversary of Monty's death. Another dedication, this time the message "We still love you, Monty", appears after the end credits.
  • An atypically serious episode of The Misadventures of R2 and Miku ends with both a completely serious PSA about suicide and a tribute to Donny Hathaway and Chester Bennington.note 
  • The 30 Second Bunnies Theatre's re-enactment of When Harry Met Sally... was dedicated to Nora Ephron, the screenwriter of the original film, and Carrie Fisher, who played Marie in said original film, as well as Princess Leia in Star Wars. The Bunnies had re-enacted the first movie in that franchise one decade earlier.
  • DaThings' YouTube Poop Total Dryland (based on Total Drama Island) was dedicated to Chris Schaffer & Patrick Phyrillas of Schaffrillas Productions, both of whom had died in a car accident.
  • DevilArtemis's compilation of the League of Memes arc opens with a dedication to Reggie Groover, best known as Slick Goku, who had died to a severe seizure in early 2023.
    • "Cell vs. Batman" opens with a silent dedication to both Akira Toriyama, legendary mangaka and Dragon Ball series creator, and Kevin Conroy, Batman's most well-known voice actor, the former having died to internal bleeding of the brain in 2024 and the latter having succumbed to intestine cancer in 2022.
  • Generally Lame And Derivative Object Show:
    • The short "Some Bigger Encouragement" is dedicated to Rebecca K. Lunetta "SwaggieVortex733", who was the recommender and voice actor of Castella Cake, and also wrote the short and voice acted the Narrator's friend before she died of pulmonary embolism on March 24th, 2024.
    • Penny was originally going to fat-shame Castella Cake in the short. His voice actor, EmbersOfMidnight, explicitly stated that he didn't want to be involved in a scene where CC would be insulted, leading to the scene being cut.
  • Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps Part 1 is dedicated to Keisuke Nagai, who was a licensing manager at Sega.
  • The Strong Bad Email "hygiene" contains a easter egg that is dedicated to Matt Chapman's cat Mabel.
  • Return to Krocodile Isle, being based on the Donkey Kong Country (1996) animated series, has dedications to three of its late original cast members at the very end of the credits. These are for Len Carlsonnote  (Krusha), Erika Strobelnote  (the series' scriptwriter), and Aron Tagernote  (Cranky Kong).
  • The Mama Luigi Project, a collab based on reanimating the titular episode of Super Mario World (1991), is dedicated to Tony Rosato (Luigi) and Harvey Atkin (King Koopa), who both passed away in 2017.
  • The EarthBound Beginnings fan-animation "Remember Giegue" was dedicated to former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who passed away before it was completed.
  • Round 24 of The 20 Minute YTP Challenge is dedicated to Michael Angelis — long-time UK narrator of Thomas & Friends from 1991 to 2012, who passed away from a heart attack in 2020 — with the round's criteria being based on two of the episodesnote  that he narrated. As one last send-off to Angelis, it has a loving sentence-mixed tribute to him at the very end, set against a shotnote  of Thomas, Percy and Duck wistfully looking out at a sunset over the ocean together.
    "Thank you very much, Michael Angelis. Everyone says you brighten up their day!"
  • BrainPOP: The "Mourning" video was dedicated to Naomi Prawer Kadar, an essential member of the BrainPOP team and also the wife of the website's founder Avraham Kadar.

    Webcomics 
  • Two Lumps is based on two real Russian Blue cats. Given the relative lifespans of cats vs humans, they've needed to run two memorial strips, one for "Snooch" and one for "Eben".
  • Batman: Wayne Family Adventures: The "Home Alone" strip is prefaced with a dedication to the memory of Kevin Conroy, who died six days before its release.
  • Brawl in the Family:
  • Consolers did one for Satoru Iwata, president and CEO of Nintendo.
  • Erma: The final 13 Days of Erma-ween 2020 sketch is dedicated to Brandon's grandfather Jim who passed just as he was finishing inking the image.
  • Nixvir: The comic opens with a dedication to Amos, the author's beloved childhood horse who was sadly euthanised six years before the comic was published.
  • The Order of the Stick:
    • The comic has two pages for Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax, the co-creators of Dungeons & Dragons.
    • A subtle one: a side character in one of the storylines is named Wrecan, after the respected forum member of the webcomic. He makes some references to the real person, but if you don't know the context, you can easily miss them.
  • Platypus Comix sometimes has its banner updated with a dedication to a recently-deceased celebrity.
  • Sugar Bits:
  • The Whiteboard posted this strip in the wake of Bob Gurnsey's passing, as a means to thank the inventor of paintball.
    Doc: Indirectly, I owe him for what I am today, and that's not the sort of debt that is easily repaid. Rest in Peace, Bob. And thanks.
  • xkcd: Strip #2293 is a strip dedicated to John Conway, the creator of Conway's Game of Life who had recently passed away. It features an animated single-panel strip where a stick-man dissolves in the style of Conway's Game of Life into a "glider" that floats off.

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    Web Video 
  • AMV Hell 5 was dedicated both to Ronnie James Dio and to AMV editor (and major AMV Hell 3 contributor) Justin "Roll the Stampede" Rollins, who had succumbed to cancer in between AMV Hells.
  • The Atop the Fourth Wall review of the first issue of the 2001: A Space Odyssey comic was dedicated to Marcus Almand, a late friend of Lewis Lovhaug's.
  • The 2019 web film, Baby Lamb & Friends: The Movie, was dedicated to Fred Rogers, Wayne Allwine, & Russi Taylor.
  • The British Railway Stories: At the start of the episode "Hawk The Hunter", there's a message stating that the episode is dedicated to the memory of Oliver Postgate.
  • Chuggaaconroy's Stingers at the end of the final episodes of his LPs are usually comedic, but the one at the end of his Super Mario Galaxy 2 playthrough is one of these for his pet rabbit Pippi, who passed away less than a month before the series started.
  • Decker: Episode 5 of Decker: Unclassified is dedicated to musicians who died in airplane disasters.
  • Game Grumps:
    • The first video of the Intellivision series is dedicated to fan Ryan Mitchell, who had been put on hospice care due to complications from cystic fibrosis. He passed away the day after the video was uploaded.
    • The existential Game Grumps Animated (or rather, Game Grumps Puppeteered) video "Fleeting Beauty" is dedicated to frequent GG Animated contributor Steve Dorian, a.k.a. LemonyFresh, who had then-recently passed away. It shows some footage of Dorian's animations near the end.
  • Hermitcraft:
    • Some of the episodes from several Hermits are dedicated to TinfoilChef, a fellow Hermit and content creator who passed away on August 13th, 2022.
    • GoodTimesWithScar's video "Jellie, The Queen Of Minecraft" is dedicated to his pet cat Jellie, who previously won a vote to be incorporated into the game as the ninth cat skin in the 1.14 update, who passed away on January 4th, 2024.
  • Honest Trailers: The Honest Game Trailers episode on Godfall begins with a tribute to Brad Venable, one of the narrators for the Game Trailers side of the channel, who died a week before the episode aired.
  • After the suicide of Justin "JewWario" Carmichal, several tributes were made, including Kaylyn Saucedo making Farewell, FamiKamen Rider, Lewis Lovhaug moving up a review of Gameboy #3 from when it was original scheduled, and Lovhaug and Bennett White keeping hats in honor of Carmichal. Naturally, when it came out during #ChangeTheChannel that Carmichal was a sexual predator, Creator Backlash resulted, with Saucedo (who composed the Google document at the heart of #ChangeTheChannel) and Lovhaug editing the descriptions of the YouTube uploads of Farewell, FamiKamen Rider and the Gameboy #3 review respectively to note that they no longer reflect their views of Carmichal, disabled comments on them, and are only keeping the videos up for historical purposes (and in Saucedo's case, feeling it wouldn't be fair to the other people who worked on Farewell, FamiKamen Rider). Additionally, Lovhaug and White have ditched the JewWario hats.note 
  • Kurtjmac's Wink at the Moon, a Kerbal Space Program Let's Play video, is dedicated to Neil Armstrong. In it, Kurt sends a rocket to the Mun without any of his usual commentary and instead has wistful music playing. The video ends with the quotation, "...the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink."
  • Minecraft Championship: After the tragic passing of a famous Minecraft competitor, Twitch streamer, and YouTuber Technoblade, a small memorial was added to the main event lobby to honor his memory. The memorial itself looks like a sword embedded into the ground, with a pig head engraved in the hilt and a crown hanging from the handle.
  • The MrBeast video "Lose 100LBs, Win $250,000!" is in memory to fitness trainer Tyler Wall who died 4 months prier to the videos release.
  • Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show episode "ENNETHING NO JUTSU" was dedicated to wrestler Randy Savage.
  • The Nostalgia Critic has parodied this trope on multiple occasions, such as when the duck dies in the Saved by the Bell episode or when he does a dedication montage to his beard (after having had to shave it off in real life so that he could do his Joker bit).
    • He also did a serious tribute video to Roger Ebert after he died.
    • The clipless review of Rogue One was dedicated to Carrie Fisher, who had died earlier that week. Critic reads a Princess Leia comic book in The Stinger.
    • He dedicated his review of The Nutcracker in 3D to his mother, replaying her cameo in his The Christmas Tree review of her talking about how people should do nice things for people who are lonely or sad in the Christmas season. The episode also revealed he had gone the entire year without dropping an F-bomb in a Nostalgia Critic video, a self-imposed challenge partly inspired by how much his mother disliked swearing in his videos.
  • Phelous's video on Episode 15 of Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, which released in November 2020, includes a memoriam for Kirby Morrow (the voice of Next Mutation Michelangelo) in the credits.
  • Pyrocynical's video covering the horror game Iron Lung features a dedication to Technoblade, a famous Minecraft player and streamer who died following a year-long battle with bone cancer, in the credits.
  • Chewbot parodied this in Plague and Treachery on the Oregon Trail by releasing a music video dedicated to all the family members in the game that couldn't make it to see the new frontier.
  • Two in the React series, for Pamela and Richard in "Elders React to Fifty Shades of Grey" and "Elders React to Men Giving Birth" respectively.
  • The Spoony One dedicated his VCR Golf review to the memory of everyone who donated copies of the game(s). He's implied to have killed them earlier in the episode. For sending copies of the games to him.
  • QSMP: After Technoblade passed away in June 30th, 2022, several players, NPCs, and even the admins have made shrines to remember him by. Eventually, an official mural of him is made for Día de Muertos on November 2nd, 2023 where it is placed alongside with the four deceased eggs' murals for many players and NPCs to remember him by.
  • Sailor Moon Abridged Episode 29 is dedicated to Doodle the Hamster.
  • SEC Shorts: "SEC teams get their final 2022 season report cards" has SEC Shorts dedicate the last part of the video to Mike Leach, Mississippi State's head coach who tragically died in December 2022 from a massive heart attack.
  • That Long-Haired Creepy Guy's review of the X-Men: The Animated Series two-parter "Storm Front" opened with a dedication to both Norm Spencer (who voiced Cyclops in the show) and Chadwick Boseman (the live-action Black Panther), both of whom died within days of each other.
  • The Thomas & TUGS Man's review of The Raggy Dolls has a dedication to Neil Innes — the show's writer, narrator and composer — at the end, complete with a line from its original theme song that he made.
    "Just to be whoever you are is no disgrace."
  • The Unlucky Tug's Thomas & Friends seasons 14 & 15 retrospective is dedicated to Peter, a young fan of his channel who requested the video, and died during heart surgery before it was made.
  • UrinatingTree:
    • Invoked with his "This Week in Sportsball" videos, which since 2018 would add one of these at the end for players that got injured during the week while "Taps" (later changed to the Funeral March) played. He would sometimes include actual deaths in said segment and even included himself after he got sick with COVID.
    • "Days of Our Steelers: Episode 7" was dedicated to the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting that happened near his hometown of Pittsburgh.
    • One of his MLB "Haters Guide" videos was dedicated to Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who died of a drug overdose.
    • "The Haters Guide to the 2019 NFL Season: Debriefing" features a tribute to Kobe Bryant at the end, playing footage from the Knicks tribute/Moment of Silence.
    • "Days of our Steelers: Corvette Corvette" was dedicated to Hall of Fame linebacker and defensive end Kevin Greene.
    • "This Week in Sportsball: NFL Week Eight Edition (2021)" was dedicated to a woman and her dog that were killed in a drunk driving accident caused by Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs III. He paid tribute to them again in his "Revisiting: The 2020 NFL Draft" video, due to Ruggs being the 12th overall pick that year.
    • In one of his livestreams, he paid tribute to former Denver Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas after finding out about his sudden death during said stream.
    • "This Week in Sportsball: NFL Week Sixteen Edition (2021)" was entirely dedicated to John Madden, from the opening sponsor segment referencing his telestrations, to an extensive tribute at the end of the video.
    • "This Week in Sportsball: NFL Week Seventeen Edition (2022)" was an emotional video as not only did Tree talk about DeMar Hamlin collapsing on the field, but he also had a lengthy and tearful farewell to his longtime friend and collaborator, former NFL player Uche Nwaneri.
    • "Re: Johnny Gaudreau" was his tribute to the Columbus Blue Jackets star after he and his brother Matthew were killed by a drunk driver.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series:
    • Episode 47 was dedicated to Maddie Blaustein, the voice of Solomon Muto in the original anime.
    • An early episode ends with a spoofed memorial to Tristan's original voice, which had spontaneously changed (with everyone but Tristan noticing). This references the point in the English dub when Tristan gets a new voice actor who doesn't make him sound like Barney the Dinosaur. In the next episode, however, Yami plays Monster Reborn to resurrect Tristan's original voice, and life goes on.

 
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At the end of IF, after the credits, this lovely dedication to Louis Gossett Jr plays.

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Fred Rogers

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